Rehder, D: Bioinorganic Chemistry

Introduction; 1 Bio-Elements in the Periodic Table; 2 Pre-Life and Early Life Forms, and Extremophiles; 3 The Alkaline and Alkaline Earth Metals; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Ion Channels and Ion Transport; 3.3 Sodium and Potassium; 3.4 Magnesium; 3.5 Calcium; 3.5.1 Calcium Ions as second messenger; 3.5.2 Calcium Ions as second messenger; 3.5.3 Mineralized calcium; 4 Mineralized calcium; 4.1 General, and Aqueous Chemistry; 4.2 Mobilization, Transport, Storage, Delivery, and Mineralization of Iron; 5 Electron Transport by Iron Proteins, and the Reduction of Oxygen; 5.1 Overview; 5.2 The mitochondrial respiratory chain; 5.3 The mitochondrial respiratory chain; 6 Classification of Copper Proteins (Overview); 7 Oxygen Transport and Storage; 7.1 Oxygen species; 7.2 Oxygen transport (and storage) proteins Myoglobin and hemoglobin; 8 Oxygenases, Oxidoreductases, Peroxidases and Dismutases; 8.1 Overview and Definitions; 8.2 Cytochrome P450; 8.3 Copper-Based O2-Metabolizing Enzymes; 8.3.1 Tyrosinase and catechol oxidase; 8.3.2 Cu,Zn-Superoxidedismutase; 8.3.3 Galactoseoxidase; 8.4 Iron-Based Oxygenases; 8.5 Oxo-Transfer Proteins Based on Molybdenum, Tungsten and Vanadium; 8.5.1 Molybdo- and tungstopterins; 8.5.2 Vanadate-dependent peroxidases; 9 The Sulfur Cycle; 10 The Nitrogen Cycle; 10.1 Overview, and Native Nitrogenase; 10.2 Overview, and Native Nitrogenase; 10.3 Denitrification; 10.4 Nitric Oxide; 11 Methanogenesis and Nickel Enzymes; Methanotropism; 11.1 Methanogenesis; 11.2 Methanotropism; 11.3 Methanotropism; .3.1 Ureases; 11.3.2 Nickel Containing Hydrogenases; 11.3.3 Acetylcoenzyme-A Synthase; 11.3.4 Acetylcoenzyme-A Synthase; 12 Photosynthesis; 12.1 Overview; 12.2 The Light Reaction; 12.2.1 Chlorophylls and the water oxidase (Oxygen Evolving Centre, OEC); 12.2.2 Chlorophylls and the water oxidase (Oxygen Evolving Centre, OEC); 12.3 The Electron Transfer Chain and the Dark Reaction; 12.4 Artificial Photosynthesis; 13 The Biochemistry of Zinc; 13.1 General and overview; 13.2

Dieter Rehder is a Professor in the Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg where his main fields of research include organometallic, bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry (of vanadium), oxido- and sulfidometal clusters, and metal NMR. Dieter was winner of the Vanadis Award 2006 for outstanding research in the field of vanadium chemistry.